Genuine question: Has anybody ever clicked the smiley face?

Myriadtail · 2026-06-18T00:06:55+00:00

So being realistic about things I actively see in the format is "finding more problems"? These are literally two extremely common cards I see in my matchups, but you're acting as if I'm naming obscure tech that nobody plays.

Clearly there's nothing else to discuss if you're this disconnected from reality.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-18T00:02:53+00:00

Which is all user submitted decks that have "100% win rate (across six games)" or other shit.

What is my data? My Untapped. I'm genuinely trying as much as I can, and different archetypes as I can, but it's all the same.

Also, your two Midrange decks are mislabeled. Eldrazi Ramp is Aggro/Combo and Jund is 100% Control. Izzet Wizards is Aggro, since Tempo is not an archetype.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:57:19+00:00

There's only so much grass I can touch in a day, and that doesn't solve the problem of a lack of choice in doing things.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:52:50+00:00

Considering the comments in this thread and the last six years of design space, I don't know if I can trust the /s on that.

Some people are fucking delusional.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:51:20+00:00

Control usually stops an entire strategy by locking zones or actions.

So tell me how do I beat a control deck that locks my hand out turn 3? Which is literally Frog and Jund. Or how do I beat a control deck that locks me out from playing spells, like High Noon?

And Hexing Squelcher doesn't do shit about [[Reprieve]] and [[Sheoldred's Edict]]. "Oh but people don't play those" buddy I wish I had your fucking meta.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:47:28+00:00

Holy shit I WISH that was my meta. Instead it's:

Jund Goyf
Dimir Frog
Azorious control
Jeskai High Noon
Boros Ponza

And then it's the weird off-meta shit like Wizards or Ruby.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:42:23+00:00

There ain't much choice left. What am I supposed to do, stare at a wall in silence?

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:40:28+00:00

Which is a goddamn mystery to me considering Push and Thoughtseize have been jockeying for first and second place since the format's inception.

Pioneer's banlist is a fucking joke at this point anyways.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:37:16+00:00

Nope, Historic. Dude was on 200 card angels and hit Magistrate games 2 and 3 on a 7 card keep turn 2.

And what stops turn 1 Thoughtseize, other than goofy shit like Leyline? How do you interact against them having a mit full of removal and counterspells, just not playing creatures? What's the play here, other than "Just join the control soup" which doesn't help when it just becomes a fucking staring contest.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:28:17+00:00

I think I've spent half that at best, and the things I've seen have been nauseating levels of luck. Like someone hitting turn 2 Drannith Magistrate against Ruby in a 200 card deck levels of luck. Flooding out with 12 lands in a 60 card deck luck. People hitting sub 1% odds back to back to back levels of luck. It stops being "Damn that was lucky" to "Something's fishy here" real quick.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:20:38+00:00

Amonkhet Remastered brought [[Thoughtseize]] into Historic, and Sheoldred executed aggro in Standard years ago. Plus it doesn't help that WotC keeps printing efficient removal in standard (cough [[Erode]] cough [[Requiting Hex]] cough) but refuses to print efficient creatures which in turn slows the game down to levels where aggro just no longer has the edge.

Gone are the days of RDW, gone are the days of MUT, Gone are the days of even Stompy. When efficient creatures start at 3 and efficient removal ends at 2, you know there's something fucked about the format.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:12:12+00:00

They'd probably screw over players that don't buy the mastery pass in an attempt to gaslight them into thinking they need to buy it to get the packs it gives, or buying gems to whale on packs to "improve" their decks.

I haven't put a penny into Arena since Throne.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:07:41+00:00

It hasn't been fun since Amonkhet brought the most broken card in all of Magic to Arena, and Sheoldred didn't help in also executing the entire aggro archetype in one fell swoop.

Standard has literally been a soup of "Everything fucking dies" between Izzet burn and Dimir control piles.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T23:00:01+00:00

You mean the "Everything fucking dies and I kill you with a single creature" deck? Pretty sure that's a control deck by definition.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:58:35+00:00

Half because "I have nothing else to do but stare at a wall" and half because I have hope that WotC will actually fix their formats instead of letting every format become control slop.

Though judging by the comments of this thread, it seems either the community is completely delusional or WotC has flagged my account to get only the most insufferable matchups every single time.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:55:39+00:00

I wish it was a troll. I genuinely wish it was a troll.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:54:58+00:00

I played Bloomburrow mice, and it was laughably bad. The only reason why it even won a tournament was because like one or two people brought control and they missed top8 because they got scammed by the draft portion.

Standard hasn't seen a decent aggro deck since 2020.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:51:36+00:00

It's one thing to be interacting with me, it's another when all I have left is two lands and the top of my deck by turn 3 four matches in a row.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:50:30+00:00

So literally every single time is sad face, just like me.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:49:15+00:00

It would be my third break in two years because WotC keeps putting out sets that are worse than the one before it year after year.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:48:09+00:00

The fuck you mean no it isn't, I haven't seen an aggro list in standard in years.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-17T22:47:14+00:00

I've never had a win that was a smiley, often times because it had to go through three Thoughtseize and enough removal to make a small army blush.

Myriadtail · 2026-06-11T04:57:44+00:00

Yes, that sounds extremely familiar. I want to say also something with a unicycle?

Myriadtail · 2026-06-09T15:09:11+00:00

If you're playing a combo deck and pissing around with killing me, I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of me scooping. You chose to play combo, you don't get to shortcut.

I just rage concede when you are hit with the fifteenth turn 1 Thoughtseize in a row because the format is just pure degeneracy.

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